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The city of Vandalia decided on Monday to have a judge decide whether a couple can legally operate a restaurant on Vandalia Lake.
Now, the city council will meet in special session to make sure that decision is legal.
After the council met in closed session for more than 30 minutes to discuss several issues, Mayor Rick Gottman had Don Sheafor of the city’s legal counsel report the council’s decision regarding the controversy over Steve “Luke” and Latisha Mabry’s plan for a restaurant on the city lake.

The city of Vandalia has told a couple to stop its plans to operate a restaurant on Vandalia Lake.

It has also decided to seek a court ruling on the issue.

After meeting is closed session for a little more than 30 minutes on Monday, Mayor Rick Gottman asked Don Sheafor of the city’s legal counsel to explain that the city has asked the firm to ask for a declaratory judgment against Steve “Luke” and Latisha Mabry.

The Mabrys are planning to operate a steakhouse on Vandalia Lake at the bridge on Ill. Route 185.

A festival this weekend in downtown Vandalia will offer a number of activities, as well as a chance for local residents to honor their fathers.
The National Road Festival gets under way on Friday evening and runs throughout the day on Saturday.
The festival kicks off at 5 p.m. on Friday with a supper served by the Vandals Sports Boosters. The Sports Boosters will offer a pork barbecue meal and a hot dog meal for children, with the cost being $6 for adults and $4 for children.

A couple planning to open a restaurant on Vandalia Lake say that the city council’s vote on enforcing its zoning ordinance does not stop them from proceeding with their plans.
“We keep going,” Steve “Luke” Mabry said last Wednesday afternoon.
Mabry and his wife, Latisha, are finalizing work on the conversion of a house into a restaurant called The Lake House, located on Ill. Route 185 at the Vandalia Lake bridge.

A tie vote meant that for the second time in three months, the Fayette County Board declined to grant a liquor license to a couple planning to open a restaurant on Vandalia Lake.
After a lengthy discussion on Tuesday evening, the board voted 7-7 on the license application filed by Steve “Luke” and Latisha Mabry.

A benefit for Bonnie Hill , who is battling breast cancer, will be held from 4-10 p.m. on Saturday at the Vandalia Moose Lodge. It will include food, a 50/50 drawing, raffle, music and an auction. For more information, call 918-9988.
VCHS class of '93 planning reunion

The Vandalia Community High School class of 1993 is holding its 20-year reunion on Saturday, June 29, at the Vandalia Country and Golf Club.

✔ TOPS IL 2490 will meet from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Ramsey. Weigh-in is from 9-9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Dovie Heaton-Bergin at 283-1729.
✔ The Vandalia Park District meets at 4 p.m. at Vandalia Airport.
✔ TOPS IL 1872, Ramsey, will meet at the Christian Church in Ramsey. Weigh-in is at 6:20 p.m., and the meeting is at 7 p.m.
Friday, June 14

✔ An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1-6 p.m. at Fayette County Hospital in Vandalia.